There's a bile-inducing pamphlet being passed around the left, the point of which is that an anti-Israel boycott just around the corner. It's what you'd expect, but if you want to track them down this Google News search will produce four or five different versions. The main point is that the pro-boycott vote by British journalists - where they blamed Israel for interfering with the work of reporters in the Gaza Strip and West Bank - was a dramatic turning point. We're not sure about the conclusions of the article. But it's undeniable that the votes of British journalists had a drip-drip-drip effect on global sentiment - the kind of "change what people can reasonably say out loud" tactic that Ahmadinejad has exploited so successfully to deny the Holocaust.

It's also undeniable that there's something a little strange about the obsession that British journalists have with the Jewish State. For instance, if they were genuinely concerned about reporters - well, one would think that this might matter a little bit more:

The reason British journalists are targeting Israel is because Israel is the one interfering with reporters in Gaza and the West Bank. Obviously.

References:
* Gaza journalists decry threats, by Hamas, Fatah [JPost]
* British Journalists Put Holocaust Denial On The Spectrum Of Respectable Positions [MR]

Previously:
* More Hypocrisy From Anti-Israel Medical Boycott Advocates
* Suspiciously Inconsistent British Boycott Of the Day - British Journalists Not Boycotting the Side That's Actually Interfering With Palestinian Reporters
* Israeli Public Diplomacy Expert : British Boycott Is Vicious Anti-Semitism

Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers